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After having lost nearly 200 lbs myself, I recently wrote a book on this and interviewed several women about what worked and didn't work for them - one of them recommended planks over crunches for concentrating on loose skin on the abs. You can read an except from the book at www.firmlooseskin.com. It's a problem lots of…

I have spent the last few years researching this topic to try to cure my own loose skin without surgery and ended up compiling it all into a book, available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009MT4588/ref=nosim?tag=firlooski-20&linkCode=sb1&camp=212353&creative=380549 I've been hearing from a lot of folks who've read…

Whether your skin will bounce back on its own depends on a lot of factors, like age and highest weight, and length of time at highest weight, but primarily on genetics. Over time a lot of peoples' skin will tighten up on its own without surgery but there are things you can do that help. There are a number of vitamins and…

Whether your skin will bounce back on its own depends on a lot of factors, like age and highest weight, and length of time at highest weight, but primarily on genetics. Over time a lot of peoples' skin will tighten up on its own without surgery but there are things you can do that help. There are a number of vitamins and…

112 pounds - WOW! Great job!! Non-surgical skin tightening IS possible. I am obsessed with the topic, have done a ton of research on it, and compiled my findings into a website and book. There are vitamins, minerals, oils and extracts that help, as well as some simple exercises, staying hydrated and lifting weights. If…

A lot of the previous posters are correct - skin is the largest organ of your body, heavy weight training does help, and skin can bounce back on its own depending on factors like age, highest weight, if you've yo-yoed, and mostly is dependent on genetics. But there are things you can do that will help. I have done a ton of…

There are several lotions and extracts that help tighten skin, like copper peptides and caffeine creme, but none I've heard of that do a whole lot for stretch marks. I wrote a book about tightening skin - you might want to check it out on Amazon.com…

Wow, you folks are really knowledgeable about tightening skin. Good job! I actually wrote a book about how to tighten loose skin without surgery, and some of the things mentioned in this thread are in the book, plus a whole lot more. Basically it depends on things like age, highest weight, yo-yo dieting and mostly genetics…

Everyone's different. Loose skin seems to depend on age, highest weight, yo-yo dieting and mostly on genetics. But there are things you can do to help your skin firm back up. I have done a lot of research on this and wrote a book, available on Amazon, at…

This is a subject I've been obsessing about since I started losing weight in 2008. I've lost nearly 200 pounds and my search for a solution that doesn't include surgery eventually led me to write a book about it. The short answer is, basically, if you can get to within 5-10 pounds of goal weight, with a very low BMI, your…

Hi everyone. Compression garmets don't work when you're losing but in theory when you get to a very low BMI they can help somewhat - I had a friend try one after losing down to a very low BMI and it did make a difference. The burn victim/skin graft thing is an urban myth. Sweetalker is absolutely right - for a lot of…

I spend a lot of time researching this (I even wrote a book about it) and the things that seem to help the most are staying hydrated of course, heavy weight lifting, dry skin brushing, rebounding then there's a number of vitamins and extracts you can take and use on your skin too. If you're curious you can check out my…